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Oriire school children Abduction: Why Governor Seyi Makinde Inaugurates a Judicial Commission of Inquiry

The Governor f Oyo State Engr. Seyi Makinde on Friday inaugurated a judicial panel of inquiry into the Oriire school children and teachers abduction.

Today, we inaugurated a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Oriire Abduction. As I said in my remarks during the inauguration, the assignment of this Commission is to establish the facts, identify any institutional or operational lapses, recommend measures that will strengthen the protection of our schools and communities, and help ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.




44 teachers and children kidnapped in three schools in Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire LGA were released on July 10 after 56 days in captivity of the bandit terrorists.

Seyi Makinde while speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the inauguration of an 8-man Judicial Conmission of Inquiry into the Abduction, affirmed that accountability and reform restore public confidence and help prevent a recurrence.

"Let me again appreciate the distinguished men and women who have agreed to serve on this Commission and wish them wisdom and success on this important assignment."

The Eight members committee include:

•⁠ ⁠Hon Justice M. A. O. Owoade, JCA (Retd) – Chairman

•⁠ ⁠Prof Jibrin Ibrahim

•⁠ ⁠Mrs Ayo Obe

•⁠ ⁠AIG Ngozi Onadeko (Retd)

•⁠ ⁠Barr. Abimbola Orogade

•⁠ ⁠Maj. Gen. S. N. Muazu (Retd)

•⁠ ⁠Mr Folorinsho Osunrayi (Director DSS – Retd)

The Secretary of this Commission of Inquiry is Barr (Mrs) Olamide Sandra Tella.



According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Makinde emphasis that the call was about “ensuring that every lesson is learnt, and every question that deserves an answer is answered.”


“So it was for this reason that I called on the international community to support an independent examination of the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he said.


Mr Makinde added that the government’s duty did not end with the victims’ rescue, “though rescue brings relief, truth brings closure.”


“This judicial commission of inquiry represents our commitment to that responsibility,” he said.

The governor explained that the commission’s assignment was to establish the facts, identify any institutional or operational lapses, and recommend measures that will strengthen the protection of schools and communities.


“And help to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again,” he said.


Mr Makinde had called on the United Nations and other international human rights and accountability bodies to examine the circumstances surrounding the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area.


He said while the victims had regained their freedom, the circumstances surrounding the incident were “sufficiently grave and unusual” to warrant an independent review.


Mr Makinde said the incident raised questions that require independent scrutiny beyond Nigeria’s domestic institutions.

He made the call in a statewide broadcast hours after the Nigerian military formally handed over the rescued pupils and teachers to the state government following their release after 56 days in captivity.


The Oyo State House of Assembly threw its weight behind Mr Makinde’s call for the independent international investigation into the abduction.


However, the Nigerian Senate rejected the governor’s request for foreign intervention in the matter, arguing that the incident was a domestic security matter that should be handled within Nigeria.

At the inaguration of the judicial commission of inquiry on the abduction on Friday, Mr Makinde charged all members of the commission to bring their decades of experience, integrity, and public service to bear on the assignment before them.


He also advised them to let their work “be guided only by the evidence, the law, and the public interest.


“The people of our state, and indeed Nigerians, expect nothing less than an impartial, credible process,” he said.


The governor, who gave the commission four weeks to complete the assignment, urged members to feel free to come back to him if they require additional time to ensure that “no stone is left unturned.”


He promised to provide every support required for the commission to carry out its assignment independently and professionally.


Mr Makinde also called on individuals, institutions, and relevant agencies to cooperate fully by making available any information that would assist the commission in arriving at the truth.


Speaking with journalists shortly after the inauguration, the commission’s chairman, retired Justice Mojeed Owoade, pledged that the commission would carry out the assignment with all sense of responsibility.


Mr Owoade added that transparency and diligence to uncover the truth would be the commission’s watchwords.



In a country where insecurity is ravaging inform of Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, banditry and kidnapping gangs making lives and properties of the citizens unsecured with the State apparatus in terms of both political and security operatives remained deliberately ineffective, Oyo State Governor is doing the right thing.

What do you think?

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The Movement Nigeria (TMN): Indifference To Politics And Governance Does Not Shield Anyone From Its Consequences

An axiomatic truth of human existence is that, indifference to politics and governance does not shield anyone from its consequences.

 Governments make decisions about taxes, education, employment, housing, security and war, healthcare, civil liberties, and public services whether citizens pay attention or not.

Politics shapes the conditions under which people work, study, travel, speak, and live their everyday lives.

 Therefore, refusing to engage with politics does not mean escaping it; it simply means leaving decisions that matter most about our life and society in the hands of others.

 Politics may be ignored, but it cannot be avoided because it is the threshold of prosperity or poverty.

Therefore, political participation is a key to limitless opportunities in life! Either for good governance, connectivities, wright the wrong, justice, fairness and equity, etcetera politics is the key.

The Movement Nigeria (TMN) is mobilizing to the very grassroots if the country for an assured sociopolitical and economic future via maximum participation in politics and maximum support for good governance.

Join TMN today 

Arc Dr Peter Agada is the Global Convener 

TERRORISM: Niger Governor Sacks All Fulani District Heads, Replaces with Indigenous Nupe Chiefs

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has sacked all Fulani district heads, known as Ardos, replacing them with indigenous Nupe Chiefs in a historic move aimed at curbing kidnapping, violence, and terrorism. The decision effectively ends centuries of Fulani domination over indigenous people in the state, marking a significant shift in the region's political and traditional landscape.

The governor cited the rising cases of kidnapping, land grabbing, destruction of farmlands, and the invitation by local Fulani of other Fulani from outside the country to help them in sustained conflicts with indigenous people as reasons for the decision. He has replaced them with village chiefs or re-designated roles such as Hakimi to strengthen local indigenous authority and improve security in the state.

My History & Antecedent In Nigerian Politics — YPP Presidential Aspirant Dr Peter Agada (VIDEO)

 

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTROL: SERAP Asks National Assembly To Reject And Withdrawal the Nigeria Data Protection Amendment Bill

A Human Rights Organization in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Nigeria's National Assembly to immediately reject and withdraw the Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026

According to SERAP, the Bill is a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and expand governmental control over online expression, which is incompatible with international human rights standards.




APC leadership which rode to power with effective use of social media platforms in 2015 has been struggling endlessly since Major Gen. Muhammad Buahri days to subjugate and control the Social Media and how people use them in the country. Nigerians were banned from using Twitter now X under the anti people Leadership of buhari. Bola Tinubu has continue in his steady, inflicting more harsh economic policies on the masses yet want to control the Social Media through a backdoor bill.




SERAP: "We've urged the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to immediately reject and withdraw the Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the Bill is a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and expand governmental control over online expression, which is incompatible with international human rights standards."




"The Bill, sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko (APC, Delta North), seeks to compel social media platforms, data controllers and data processors operating in Nigeria to establish physical offices in the country, and empowers the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to shut down or prohibit the operations of any entity that fails to comply within 30 days."




SERAP argued that requirements compelling technology companies to establish local offices would increase government leverage over platforms, facilitate political pressure, make censorship demands easier and expose local employees to retaliation."




"The Bill would create sweeping powers capable of shutting down or excluding social media platforms from the Nigerian market and expose millions of Nigerians to serious violations of their constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights.




"The Bill follows earlier attempts by the National Assembly to regulate social media that generated widespread public opposition and serious human rights concerns."




"The current Bill revives substantially similar proposals previously introduced by Senator Nwoko, raising renewed concerns that localisation requirements are being used as a vehicle for expanding governmental control over digital platforms and online expression."




Should the Bill be enacted into law in its current or substantially similar form, SERAP shall promptly take all appropriate legal actions to challenge its legality in the public interest and to ensure that Nigerians’ fundamental rights are fully protected.

OTUKPO & MIDDLE BELT MASSACRES: RESTORE NIGERIA FROM REPUBLIC OF BLOODSHED TO LAW & ORDER - Arc. Dr. Peter Agada To Bola Tinubu

Arc. Dr Peter Agada 

"President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration must stop being a government of funeral delegations, ephemeral consolation of genocide victims and empty ceremonial promises of security, and rise to restore Nigeria from being a republic of bloodshed which it is now to one of law, order, peace, opportunity and prosperity.*_

"Mr. President must re-event his administration into a digital age security machine. One that has the cutting-edge capabilities to bring to book culprits and erase all roving militia murderers, killer herdsmen, ransom bandits, bloodthirsty terrorists and their urban networks who aid them in any corner of Nigeria.*_

"Nigeria has more than enough resources to achieve this from what is connived, cornered and stolen in only a few government agencies or parastatals and her annual budgets. What is lacking is the political will, sincerity and transparency of the executors of security policies."

Several reasons constrained me from immediate reaction to the latest episode of cold-blooded, wanton massacre of citizens of Akpachi and Otukpo-Nobi in Otukpo local government area of Benue state.

Following the horrific bloodbath which took place at the dawn of last Sunday, July 12, 2026, it was needful to endure these extra days in order to obtain reliable confirmation and corroboration of casualties, the injured and the internally displaced survivors by official government sources, on-the-ground witnesses, independent first responders and partners of our organisation, The Movement Nigeria, who we despatched to the affected areas. 

TMN's painstaking investigation was to enable one have a balanced, objective assessment of the tragedy; the loss of lives suffered and trauma aftermaths of the victims, so that I would convey facts that are accurate in substance and clear in echo to the government of the day, to members of the international community and to global genocide observers who have been constantly in touch with me over the years and since the Sunday dawn massacre on the serial genocidal pogroms against Nigerian citizens of the North Central zone, the Middle Belt states and our country in general.

Subsequent to these measures, I am deeply saddened to inform Nigerians and the international community that contrary to the compressed and minimized casualty figures of 18 which the federal government of Nigeria has shyly admitted, our combined on-the-spot teams and international partners have revealed a far more harrowing tally. This includes more than fifty men, women, infant children and the elderly murdered in cold blood, many severely wounded from sophisticated artillery fire opened on them. As in similar massacres, numerous indigenes have presently fled the affected communities into temporary shelters in surrounding villages after the horrors of seeing their unarmed and defenceless families butchered.

We have also confirmed the excruciating report that among those wiped out by the savage hordes of suspected Fulani militia is a single family of nine who included a two-year old baby.

I and The Movement Nigeria mourn and extend our heartfelt condolences to the survivors and immediate relatives of the dead. We condole with and pray God to grant overcoming strength to the Akpachi and Otukpo-Nobi communities, the Benue and Plateau state frontlines of horrific re-occuring pogroms, and every other part of Nigeria where the blood of innocent Nigerians has continued to be spilled like sludge, while the indelible aftermaths of these raw, heinous crimes are continuously swept under the carpet by government after government without tangible, accountable and adequately deterrent consequences to the perpetuators. 

The serial, unabating bloodshed by free roaming, lethally armed, increasingly emboldened ethnic militias responsible for these calculated massacres challenge the security, sovereignty, national stability, peace and progress of all of us as a people and nation under one constitution. 

As TMN, our research findings over the years are heart wrenching, to say the least. We bleed and grieve deeply not just because of this latest chapter of bloodbath. Our aggregated sorrow, aggravated by the insincerity, nonchallance and lack of accountability by governments at both federal and state levels, in spite of monumental budgets perennially voted for security, derives from a glaring history of chronic constitutional failure of government to protect the lives of our citizens, their farming occupations and most basic rights to life even at the lowest levels of existence.

For example, some of our studies, which can be verified in the virtual space, show the following. In closely matched studies, the casualty metrics of globally renowned war research organisations, including Mediazona, the Book of Memory Group, the BBC and the US Library of Congress, in under five years between 2016 and 2021 alone, Nigerians who were violently murdered across all gender and age groups were 50,252. These include infants plucked from their mothers' breasts and slaughtered, babies given birth to in terrorists' captivity and fed to the dogs of their captors, octogenarians lined up and shot or burnt alive in their homes, clergy and clerics of both Christian and Muslim faiths, and worshippers rounded up and shot to death right inside churches and mosques by Islamic extremists. These gruesome crimes were committed in 2,288 documented terror attacks and victim executions. 

During the same period another 51,425 Nigerians were murdered in violent crimes such as kidnappings for ransom, robbery, rape, police brutality and other forms of extra-judicial killings. When you combine the above casualties of insecurity in Nigeria, the figure of 101,677 comes to 57 Nigerians who are violently killed everyday. 

In comparison to the above, Ukraine, which has been in a full-blown war with superpower Russia, involving devastating modern weapons of mass destruction, recorded, between 2022 and August 2025, a casualty figure of only 73,920 soldiers and civilians combined. This comes to 54 casualties per day during the height of its ongoing war. The comparison with Nigeria, a country that is not at war yet suffers a casualty of 57 citizens daily, speaks for itself and demonstrates the glaring extent of security failure by government stratas of our country. That is not where the tragedy ends. It is in the fact that about 70% of that gross national massacre figure continues to occur in the North Central and Middle Belt states of Nigeria alone.

A TMN ongoing study also indicates that like the recent Akpachi and Otukpo-Nobi massacres of few days ago, more Nigerians die daily from violent deaths than the cows that are slaughtered for consumption in some cities of some African countries.

Given the above gory spectre of insecurity which pervades every part of our dear country, I wish to passionately appeal to governments of all tiers. Wake up. Forge the political will to live up to your constitutional responsibility of protecting lives and properties a focal priority of governance.

Make the Otukpo killings of last Sunday the last of its kind in any part of our great country. Go after and bring every single one of the militia responsible for the killings to book.

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration must stop being a government of funeral delegations, ephemeral consolation of genocide victims and empty ceremonial promises of security, and rise to restore Nigeria from being a republic of bloodshed which it is now to one of law, order, peace, opportunity and prosperity. 

Mr. President must re-event his administration into a digital age security machine. One that has the cutting-edge capabilities to bring to book culprits and erase all roving militia murderers, killer herdsmen, ransom bandits, bloodthirsty terrorists and their urban networks who aid them in any corner of Nigeria. 

Nigeria has more than enough resources to achieve this from what is connived, cornered and stolen in only a few government agencies or parastatals and her annual budgets. What is lacking is the political will, sincerity and transparency of the executors of security policies.

Arc. Dr. Peter Agada, 

YPP Presidential Hopeful 2027, 

Global Convener TMN

LABOUR PARTY: FLYING ON BORROWED WINGS

Apagun 

A story was once told of a prideful, deceptive and a subtle tortoise who after loosing out in an animal kingdom decided to compete and complete the kingship rites and rituals in the birds kingdom. Some members of his family questioned his affinity with the birds kingdom and the possibilities of ceding out the kingship to him since he cannot fly. His wife and children reminded him that flying across seven rivers in their known world is part of the ceremonial rites. The tortoise assured his family that he had already settled the kingmakers, and telling his wife that he was called to come for the contest by the eagle because he was denied the right to become the king. Ostrich was equally in support because she couldn't fly across the seven rivers, she decided to give out feathers to support the tortoise together with some dissidents birds for him to complete the kingship rites. Despite the fact that the priests and diviners warned these rebellious birds to allow the Peacock chosen by divinity to become the king, they obstinately stood against the warning by the gods that the rats would not squeak like rats, the birds would not chirp like birds and humans will not speak like humans 

On the day of the completion of the rituals, a sacrifice must be carried by the king to be, so the tortoise begged eagle to carry him on her wings with the sacrifice at dawn to the sacred forest to place the sacrifice in front of the gods. On his way back on the wings of the eagle, sighting the town at a distance and the flocks of birds awaiting his arrival in the village square, he thanked the eagle for her support but begged her to let him be on his own as he had already glued the borrowed wings to his arm and legs to proof that he can fly. Eagle warned him against the decision, but before you can say Jack, he jumped from the eagle's back and cracked in pieces in the midst of the awaiting townsmen.

Politics in Ogun State has always been competitive. But right now, the Labour Party in the state is dealing with a distraction that threatens to drown out real work: a parallel faction built not by grassroots structure, but by a group of transactional politicians looking for shortcuts to relevance through the stroke of pen.

The trouble started when some individuals, who played little or no role in building the party from ward to state level, decided to announce a separate "exco." It was not done through congress. It was not recognized by the national constitution of the Labour Party but by some individuals at the national against the will of the people of Ogun State. It was simply declared, with memo and borrowed logos.

That is the problem. You cannot build legitimacy by photocopying it.

*The constitutional exco*  

The state executive Committee led by *Apagun Olaolu Samuel* emerged through the process laid out in the party constitution. The state congress produced officers with mandates from members on the ground. That is how political parties are supposed to function. Not by WhatsApp declarations, not by borrowing halls for parallel meetings.

This exco has been carrying out the basic work: reconciling members while the supposedly national leaders were outrightly kicking against such without first coming to beg for permission on performing our rights and obligations as Chairman, preparing for elections, and engaging communities on Labour Party ideals. It is not perfect. No new structure is. But it has the one thing the other group does not: a paper trail rooted in the party’s own rules and constitution 

*Why the parallel group exists*  

The second group is not an ideological split. It is a transactional arrangement. In Nigerian politics, we have seen this pattern before. When an election cycle approaches, some actors who could not win internal elections try to create a second center of power. The goal is not to grow the party. The goal is to negotiate. To get recognition. To sell access. To fly on wings that do not belong to them.

Borrowed wings cannot sustain flight. They look good in photos, but they have no roots in the wards, no structure in the LGAs, and no accountability to the members who knocked on doors in 2023. 

*The cost to Ogun Labour Party*  

1. *Confusion*: New members do not know which leadership to approach. That slows down mobilization.

2. *Resources wasted*: Time and money that should go into voter education and candidate grooming are spent fighting for letterheads.

3. *Credibility damaged*: Voters are watching. When a party cannot manage its own house, it becomes hard to ask the public to trust it with the state.

An oral history in the Ifa verses stated _" . . . lo difa fún Ológbò jigolo baba awo, nigba to nṣawo ròde Oyo, won ni eyin agba, é má j'obi to gbo, eyin agba, é má fẹ aya meji ni rogbarogba"_ literally meaning 'as Ologbo Jigolo was divinely instructed in those days, warning that the elders must not be attracted by the matured cola nuts, neither should they be engaged to two wives simultaneously. The instructions are simple, the elders should not take bribe neither should they double date.

*The way forward*  

Parties grow through discipline, not drama. The national leadership of the Labour Party must do three things quickly:

- *Affirm the constitutional exco*: Put it in writing. Circulate it to INEC, to stakeholders, and to the public in Ogun State. Ambiguity is what transactional politicians thrive on.

- *Sanction impersonation*: Anyone parading as an officer outside the constitutional process should be shown the door. Politics cannot reward forgery.

- *Open the door for real reconciliation*: Not for power-sharing with a parallel group, but for members who were genuinely aggrieved during congresses to be heard within the structure led by Apagun Olaolu Samuel.

Ogun Labour Party has a real opportunity. The appetite for alternatives is there. Young voters, artisans, teachers, and traders are looking for a party that speaks to competence and accountability. They will not wait while a few individuals argue over borrowed titles.

You do not build a movement by creating two heads. You build it by strengthening the one head that the constitution recognizes, and then making it work.

Borrowed wings might get you a few meters off the ground. But to fly in 2027, Ogun Labour Party needs its own wings. And right now, those wings are with the legally and constitutionally emerged state exco led by Apagun Olaolu Samuel.

© *Apagun Olaolu Samuel*

Chairman, 

Labour Party Ogun State

egberunsaamu2206@gmail.com

OGUN STATE LABOUR PARTY: RE: REBUTTAL OF THE ILLEGITIMATE STATEMENT BY ALHAJI IBRAHIM ONABIYI – SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT ON MY STATUS AND THE ILLEGALITY OF THEIR PARALLEL STRUCTURE

 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE OGUN STATE PUBLICITY SECRETARY OF THE LABOUR PARTY

(APAGUN OLAOLU SAMUEL BABATUNDE-LED STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE)

Date: July 17, 2026

RE: REBUTTAL OF THE ILLEGITIMATE STATEMENT BY ALHAJI IBRAHIM ONABIYI – SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT ON MY STATUS AND THE ILLEGALITY OF THEIR PARALLEL STRUCTURE

Kika

Our attention has been drawn to the desperate and misleading press statement issued on July 16, 2026, by one Alhaji Ibrahim Onabiyi, who parades himself as Labour Party Chairman of Ogun State through a purely illegal and unconstitutional process. In that statement, they made several false claims, including the allegation that I, Hon. Kika Glasgow, am a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC) and therefore cannot serve as the Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party.

We categorically state that while I did resign from the Labour Party at a point and joined the NDC, I have since withdrawn my resignation, returned to the Labour Party, and have been fully reinstated as the duly elected Publicity Secretary of the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led Ogun State Executive Committee. I am no longer a member of the NDC – I am a bona fide, card-carrying member of the Labour Party. The opponents are clutching at a past event that has been rectified, in a vain attempt to distract from their own constitutional violations.

This statement serves to:

1. Set the records straight on my current status.

2. Expose the illegality of the so-called "harmonisation" that produced the Onabiyi faction.

3. Reiterate the supremacy of the Labour Party Constitution and the rule of law.

FACTS OF THE MATTER – MY STATUS CLARIFIED

1. I was duly elected as State Publicity Secretary at the authentic State Congress of the Labour Party in Ogun State held on April 25, 2026, where Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde emerged as the valid State Chairman.

2. I later submitted a resignation letter and joined the NDC for personal reasons.

3. However, I withdrew that resignation and officially returned to the Labour Party. Following due process, I was reinstated as the State Publicity Secretary of the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led Executive Committee.

4. As of today, I am not a member of the NDC. I am a loyal and active member of the Labour Party, holding a validly elected position.

5. The allegation that I am currently a member of another party is false – it is a distortion of a past event that has been fully resolved.

The opponents  are resorting to cheap blackmail and fabrication to undermine our legitimate leadership.

THE SO-CALLED "HARMONISATION" – A KANGAROO EXERCISE

Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, the National Deputy Chairman (South), convened what she deceitfully called a "harmonisation meeting" only after she realised that Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde had won the state congress fair and square.

This so-called harmonisation:

· Was never a congress – it was a mere gathering of a few handpicked individuals.

· Had no constitutional basis – the Labour Party Constitution does not recognise "harmonisation" as a substitute for a properly conducted State Congress.

· Was not advertised to all party members.

· Was not monitored by INEC.

· Produced a parallel executive that has no mandate from the Ogun State party members.

The truth is simple: Mrs. Oriola Nike Job did not like the outcome of the democratic process, so she decided to impose her preferred candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Onabiyi, through the backdoor. This is a flagrant abuse of office and a direct assault on internal democracy.

THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION – WHY THEIR STRUCTURE IS NULL AND VOID

1. Section 223 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) mandates that political parties shall conduct periodic elections for their executive committees on a democratic basis. The "harmonisation" exercise was not democratic – it was an imposition.

2. The Labour Party Constitution vests the authority to organise State Congresses in the duly elected State Executive Committees. No National Officer, including the National Deputy Chairman (South), has the power to bypass the State Executive and impose a parallel structure.

3. INEC's own portal still recognises Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde as the State Chairman of the Labour Party in Ogun State. This is incontrovertible evidence that the Commission acknowledges our legitimacy and rejects the illegal parallel structure.

4. Judicial precedents – In the recent ADC case, the Court of Appeal affirmed that state congresses conducted in violation of party constitution and court orders are invalid, and that the responsibility for organising congresses rests with State Executives, not national leadership. The court also barred INEC from recognising such illegal congresses. Similarly, the Supreme Court in the PDP Ibadan Convention case nullified a convention held in violation of a court order, holding that such actions amount to making a mockery of the judiciary.

By all legal standards, the Onabiyi-led parallel structure is a nullity.

REBUTTAL OF SPECIFIC FALSE CLAIMS

False Claim Truth

"Glasgow Kika is a member of NDC and cannot be Publicity Secretary." I resigned and joined NDC temporarily, but I withdrew my resignation, returned to LP, and was reinstated. I am not currently a member of NDC.

"The harmonisation produced a legitimate State Executive." The harmonisation was an illegal imposition, not a congress. It violated the Party Constitution and INEC guidelines.

"Apagun Olaolu has no authority to suspend officials." That is correct – but we are not the ones suspending anyone. They are the ones who have no authority to even exist as an executive.

"INEC should disregard Apagun Olaolu." INEC's portal still recognises Apagun Olaolu as Chairman – the Commission knows the truth.

OUR DEMANDS AND WARNING

TO THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE LABOUR PARTY AND MRS. ORIOLA NIKE JOB:

We demand that you:

1. Immediately withdraw recognition from the illegal Onabiyi parallel structure.

2. Publicly affirm Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde as the authentic State Chairman of Ogun State.

3. Cease all interference in the affairs of the Ogun State chapter.

4. Direct INEC to release the access code to our legitimate State Executive to upload our candidates.

We put you on NOTICE that if these demands are not met within 7 days, we shall proceed to court.

TO ALHAJI IBRAHIM ONABIYI AND HIS COHORTS:

Your illegal occupation of party structures and your baseless allegations against me will not stand. You are merely trying to divert attention from your own constitutional violations.

We have reported your criminal impersonation and trespass to law enforcement agencies.

TO THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC):

We call on you to:

1. Uphold the Electoral Act and your own guidelines – do not recognise any candidate from the illegal parallel primaries.

2. Immediately release the access code to Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde, the recognised State Chairman on your portal.

3. Note that your refusal to release the code is creating an unnecessary crisis and may expose you to litigation.

We are prepared to go to court.

CONCLUSION

The Labour Party belongs to its members, not to any individual. The will of the Ogun State party members, as expressed in the April 25, 2026 State Congress, must be respected.

Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde is the valid State Chairman.

I, Hon. Kika Glasgow, am the valid State Publicity Secretary – currently and lawfully a member of the Labour Party.

The Onabiyi parallel structure is a nullity and should be disregarded by all.

We call on all party members, the media, and the general public to see through the desperate smokescreen of our opponents. The rule of law and internal democracy must prevail.

Signed:

Hon. Kika Glasgow

State Publicity Secretary,

Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led Ogun State Executive Committee,

Labour Party

Date: July 17, 2026

Cc:

1. The National Chairman, Labour Party

2. The National Secretary, Labour Party

3. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

4. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ogun State

5. The Nigeria Police Force

6. The Department of State Services (DSS)

7. All Media Houses

Who is Behind Kwara Terrorism: one killed, one kidnapped, several injured as terrorists ransacked Ifelodun LGA

Nigeria government has consistently demonstrated that the country is a terrorists conquered region where live is summarily nasty, brutish, cheap and short. 

The capacity to secure lives and properties of the citizens are not lacking but that the Pro-terrorists are in charge of the country's affairs must be an undisputable reason behind security sabotage as citizens face pains of insecurity in the hands of non state actors dishing out brutalities without measure in different parts of the country.

They Nigeria's government of APC both at the national and Kwara State need to tell Nigerians, the invincible hands sustaining terrorism in the state and nationwide.

Terrorists on Wednesday night invaded Wande community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one person, abducting another resident and injuring several others in the latest wave of attacks to hit communities in the state's southern axis.

The attack has further heightened fears among residents, who say bandit activities have continued to spread across Kwara South despite ongoing security operations.  Close to 200 are already in bandits captivity in the state.

According to Sahara Report, source familiar with the incident told confirmed that the terrorists stormed Wande community on Wednesday night, opening fire on residents and leaving behind casualties before fleeing with one abducted victim.

According to the source, one person was killed during the attack, another was kidnapped, while several residents sustained injuries.

Describing the ordeal, the source said he was physically assaulted by the attackers and suffered a serious head injury after being struck with the butt of a gun.

"They hit me on the head with the butt of their gun. Blood has been coming out from my head. The person they shot; we are taking him to the hospital in Igbaja. We are on our way," the source said.

Residents said the latest attack underscores the worsening security situation in Kwara South, where several rural communities have reportedly been deserted as people flee persistent attacks by armed groups.

"Kwara South has become a hotspot for bandits, while many communities have been deserted," the source added.

Meanwhile, a top security source told reporters on Thursday that the attackers were believed to be members of a terrorist group that had earlier been engaged by security operatives in Yaru town before escaping towards Wande.

According to the security source, security forces had mounted an operation against the terrorists on Wednesday morning in Yaru, forcing them to retreat in the direction of Wande community, where they later carried out the deadly attack.

"It was obvious because they pushed them yesterday morning at Yaru again. They ran towards that end," the security source said.

SaharaReporters previously reported that the Iru Ẹ̀kún Security Network, a security outfit linked to Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, known as Sunday Igboho, has accused Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of preventing the group from visiting the state.

The security network alleged that the governor objected to the planned visit despite growing insecurity and persistent attacks by suspected armed herdsmen and terrorists in parts of Kwara South.

The allegation was contained in a voice note obtained by SaharaReporters through the State Administrator of the Iru Ẹ̀kún Security Network in Osun State, Mr. Bolarinwa Kazeem Ayobami.

In the audio message, Ayobami announced that the planned visit of the security outfit to Kwara State had been suspended following an objection from Governor AbdulRazaq.

The planned visit, according to him, was intended to meet members of the Iru Ẹ̀kún Security Network already operating in Kwara State. 

However, he said the leadership of the organisation decided to cancel the trip to avoid exposing members in the state to possible risks.

"In truth, if all of us were to go there, no one would be able to do anything to us. However, the people we intended to meet are members of the Iru Ẹ̀kún Security Network in Kwara State. We do not want the visit to create problems or put any individuals at risk," he said.

He further noted that the governor opposed the visit because "he's a Fulani man."

"We have now been informed that the Governor of Kwara State has refused permission because he's a Fulani man. Because of that, the trip has been suspended for now,” he said. 

"Therefore, the meeting that was scheduled to hold in Kwara tomorrow will no longer take place."

 

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE OGUN STATE PUBLICITY: RE: URGENT CALL FOR RESPECT FOR THE LABOUR PARTY CONSTITUTION, THE ELECTORAL ACT, AND SUBSISTING COURT ORDERS – OGUN STATE LABOUR PARTY CRISIS

Date: July 15, 2026

INTRODUCTION

The attention of the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led Ogun State Executive Committee of the Labour Party has been drawn to the ongoing attempts by certain elements within the National Leadership of our great Party to subvert the will of Ogun State party members, undermine the Labour Party Constitution, and violate established electoral laws.

We write to set the records straight and to put the National Leadership of the Labour Party, particularly the National Deputy Chairman (South), Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on notice regarding the unfolding crisis in Ogun State.

FACTS OF THE MATTER

Apagun 

1. The Ogun State Labour Party conducted its duly constituted State Congress, wherein Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde emerged as the authentic State Chairman of the Party in Ogun State.

2. The National Deputy Chairman (South), Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, for reasons best known to her, did not favour the emergence of Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde as State Chairman.

3. Acting in what appears to be a flagrant abuse of office and in total disregard for the Party’s constitution, Mrs. Oriola Nike Job colluded with some elements at the National Secretariat to conjure an entirely different list of persons who never participated in the legitimate Ogun State Congress. This parallel list was presented as the Ogun State Executive Committee of the Labour Party, with one Alhaji Ibrahim Onabiyi paraded as State Chairman.

4. Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, acting under a transmitted memo from the national to INEC went further to organise a parallel State Primary Election, bypassing the state structure, conducted simultaneously with the legitimate primaries organized by the authentic State Chairman, Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde.

5. As we speak, the recognised State Chairman on the INEC portal remains Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde — a clear indication that INEC is aware of the illegitimacy of the parallel structure imposed by Mrs. Oriola Nike Job.

Nike Oriola

6. INEC has thus far refused to upload the names of the so-called candidates of the parallel faction. This is likely due to the Commission's awareness of the legal and constitutional infirmities surrounding that exercise, and the imminent threat of litigation.

7. However, INEC has also refused to release the access code to the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led State Executive Committee to enable us to upload the names of our candidates who validly emerged from the legitimate State Primaries conducted by the authentic State Chairman.

THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION

1. The Labour Party Constitution is Supreme:

The Labour Party Constitution vests the authority to organise and conduct State Congresses and Primaries in the duly elected State Executive Committees. No National Officer, including the National Deputy Chairman (South), has the constitutional power to bypass the legitimate State Executive Committee and impose a parallel structure. Any action to the contrary is unconstitutional, null, and void.

2. Section 223 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended):

Section 223 of the 1999 Constitution mandates that political parties shall conduct periodic elections for their principal officers and members of executive committees on a democratic basis at intervals not exceeding four years. The imposition of a parallel State Executive Committee by Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, without any democratic process, is a gross violation of this constitutional provision.

3. The Electoral Act 2022 (as amended) and INEC Guidelines:

INEC is empowered by law to ensure that political parties observe the practices of internal democracy, including the fair and transparent conduct of party congresses and primaries. The Commission is also mandated to monitor party primaries and ensure compliance with the Electoral Act and its own guidelines. INEC cannot, and must not, recognise or give effect to any primary election that was not conducted in line with the Party's constitution and the Electoral Act.

4. Judicial Precedents on Disobedience to Court Orders and Unconstitutional Party Actions:

The judiciary has consistently held that political parties must strictly comply with constitutional provisions, electoral regulations, and valid court orders in conducting their internal affairs. The Supreme Court and Court of Appeal have repeatedly nullified party congresses and conventions conducted in violation of subsisting court orders and party constitutions.

In the recent case of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Court of Appeal, in a split 2-1 majority decision, affirmed that state congresses conducted by a caretaker committee in violation of a subsisting court order were invalid. The Court held that the responsibility for organising state congresses rests with duly elected State Executive Committees, not with the national leadership. The Court further barred INEC from recognising the outcome of such congresses.

Similarly, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ibadan Convention case, the Supreme Court nullified the entire National Convention because it was conducted in violation of a subsisting court order. The apex court held that proceeding with a convention despite valid restraining orders amounted to making “a mockery of the majesty of the judiciary” and an affront to the authority of the courts.

These judicial pronouncements are clear and binding. Any party official who flouts the Party's constitution or valid court orders does so at their own peril.

OUR DEMANDS AND WARNING

TO THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE LABOUR PARTY AND MRS. ORIOLA NIKE JOB:

We demand that the National Leadership of the Labour Party immediately:

1. Cease and desist from all attempts to impose a parallel State Executive Committee or parallel candidates on Ogun State.

2. Publicly recognise Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde as the duly elected and authentic State Chairman of the Labour Party in Ogun State.

3. Dissociate the Party from the illegal parallel primary conducted by Mrs. Oriola Nike Job and her cohorts.

4. Direct all Party officials, including Mrs. Oriola Nike Job, to respect the Labour Party Constitution and the will of Ogun State party members.

We put the National Leadership and Mrs. Oriola Nike Job on NOTICE that any further attempt to undermine the legitimate State Executive Committee and impose candidates not democratically elected will be met with immediate legal action. We will not hesitate to approach the courts to seek redress, including but not limited to:

· An order of court declaring the parallel State Executive Committee and the parallel primaries null and void.

· An order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Leadership and Mrs. Oriola Nike Job from interfering with the affairs of the Ogun State Labour Party.

· An order directing INEC to recognise only the candidates validly emerged from the primaries conducted by the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led State Executive Committee.

· Claims for damages against all those involved in this illegality.

TO THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC):

We call on INEC to:

1. Uphold the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 (as amended) and its own Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties.

2. Refrain from recognising or giving any effect to the parallel primaries and parallel candidates imposed by Mrs. Oriola Nike Job and her co-travellers.

3. Immediately release the access code to the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led State Executive Committee to enable us to upload the names of our candidates who validly emerged from the legitimate State Primaries conducted by the authentic State Chairman.

4. Note that INEC's current position of refusing to release the access code to the legitimate State Chairman while also refusing to recognise the parallel faction is untenable and creates an unnecessary crisis.

We put INEC on NOTICE that we are prepared to approach the courts to compel the Commission to perform its statutory duties in accordance with the law. We will seek:

· An order of mandamus compelling INEC to release the access code to the authentic State Chairman of the Labour Party in Ogun State.

· An order restraining INEC from recognising or dealing with any candidate not validly emerged from the primaries conducted by the Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led State Executive Committee.

CONCLUSION

Kika

The Labour Party is a party built on the principles of internal democracy, rule of law, and respect for constitutionalism. We will not allow any individual, no matter how highly placed, to subvert these principles for selfish interests.

We call on all well-meaning members of the Labour Party in Ogun State and across Nigeria to remain calm and law-abiding. We assure you that we are committed to protecting the integrity of our Party and the will of our members.

The Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led State Executive Committee remains the only legitimate leadership of the Labour Party in Ogun State. We will not be intimidated, and we will not surrender our mandate to any cabal of usurpers.

The rule of law must prevail. Internal democracy must be respected. The will of Ogun State party members must not be subverted.

Signed:

Hon.Kika Glasgow 

State Publicity Secretary,

Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde-led Ogun State Executive Committee,

Labour Party

Date: July 15, 2026

Cc:

1. The National Chairman, Labour Party

2. The National Secretary, Labour Party

3. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

4. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ogun State

5. The Nigeria Police Force

6. The Department of State Services (DSS)

7. All Media Houses

OGUN LABOUR PARTY SUSPENDS STATE SECRETARY, FOUR OTHERS INDEFINITELY OVER ALLEGED ANTI-PARTY CONDUCT

Party Cites Criminal Conspiracy, Attempted Usurpation Of State Structure

By Tolulope Ayandare

ABEOKUTA — The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has announced the indefinite suspension of its State Secretary and four other executive members over allegations of anti-party activities, criminal conspiracy, and attempted usurpation of the party structure.

The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the State Executive Committee held in Abeokuta on July 10, according to a communique issued and signed by the State Chairman, Apagun Olaolu Samuel and the new acting State Secretary Engr. Ibiade Abass

In the statement made available to newsmen on 15th of July, 2026, the party accused the suspended officials of engaging in conduct inimical to the unity, discipline, and electoral objectives of the Labour Party in the state.

The affected members, Dr. Tosin Ogunbamiro (Secretary), Comr. Olanrewaju Babatunde Folarin (Deputy Chairman) Princess Adebisi Adebayo (Deputy Woman Leader) Pastor Olusola Kolawole (Deputy Chairman) and Mr. Adebayo Adeleke (Auditor),  were specifically cited for three principal offences: anti-party activities, criminal conspiracy, and attempts to unlawfully take over the organs and decision-making processes of the party at the state level while the former scribe added impersonation to his offences.

"The State Executive Committee, after careful deliberation on petitions and evidence presented before it, resolved to place the State Secretary and four other members on indefinite suspension with immediate effect," the communique stated.

The party further directed that the suspended officials desist forthwith from parading themselves as representatives or officers of the Labour Party in Ogun State pending the conclusion of investigations by a disciplinary committee to be constituted by the state leadership.

It added that the party remains committed to upholding due process, internal democracy, and the rule of law, stressing that no member, irrespective of position, is above the constitution of the party.

The leadership also called on party members, stakeholders, and members of the public to disregard any statement, directive, or action emanating from the suspended persons in the name of the Ogun State Labour Party.

The development is the latest in a series of internal disputes within the Ogun chapter of the Labour Party relating to party leadership, attempted bypass of constitutionally recognized state Working Committee in the process of candidates primary election, through the national leadership.

As at press time, efforts to obtain reactions from the suspended State Secretary, Dr. Tosin Ogunbamiro impersonated Ogunbanwo on the forged list of parallel excos and the other affected officers proved abortive.

The Labour Party currently is reorganizing ahead of the 2027 general elections" as many believed the party is in the safe hands of Apagun and other duly elected officers through state Congress.

It should be on records to that those in the national working committee of the Labour Party are not saints as regards the crisis rocking the majority of different state chapters of the party in the country. They are the architects of all the problems .Many observers considered the position of the national working committee to jetitioned and rejected those Congress Elected officers of the party at the state levels as a deliberate attempt by the Senator Nenadi Esther Usman led NWC to wreck the party of any remaining glory.

The fielding  of an administrative Secretary as it's presidential candidate is confirmation of Tinubu's pacts with Nenadi and Alex Otto leadership. 

The NLC/TUC and other concerned stakeholders will still need another rescue marathon race to reposition the party after the 2027 general elections.

THE CONSPIRACY, THE INTRICACY AND THE DIPLOMACY OF THE ENRAGED POLITICAL JOBBERS AGAINST APAGUN OLAOLU SAMUEL

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Politics in Nigeria has always been a theater of alliances, betrayals, intrigues, suspense and calculated moves. The current pushback against Apagun Olaolu Samuel fits that pattern, but with a sharper edge. What is playing out is less about ideology and more about control, access, and who gets to sit at the table.

Late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, the assumed creator of Fuji music once sang in one of his records portraying a cart pusher after running through a bend claiming to have sped 140km per hour, conclusively singing if a cart pusher can speed at that rate, what speed would driver of Rolls-Royce or Mercedes-Benz acclaimed. Subsequently, he noted that if the deceived do not know, the deceiver will definitely know he is deceiving the ignorants.

The Ogun State Labour Party conspiracy theory had long been penned immediately after the fallout of the alliance windfall in 2023, some beneficiaries after the unexpected financial benefits, attracted from the need to get more, formed a caucus around Mr. Kehinde Sogunle, the gubernatorial aspirant who sold out to PDP, to defend him at all cost, for them to be recognized and probably be recommended by him for appointments if peradventure Chief Ladi Adebutu, the candidate of PDP win the pending governorship case, since he was the sole negotiator with Ladi Adebutu and the already penned down Chief of Staff to be. Knowing that position is of high influence, some political jobbers swirled around him for patronage while some of us were bent on rebuilding Labour Party for better performance come this 2027 which ultimately set wedge in-between us.

*1. The Conspiracy: What the Jobbers Are Allegedly Doing*

"Political jobbers" in this context refers to operatives whose influence depends on patronage, contracts, and appointments rather than an elected mandate. 

The narrative circulating is that a loose coalition of these jobbers became "enraged" after Apagun Olaolu Samuel and his team of men and women who believed in political renaissance began to disrupt their established channels of influence. The alleged moves include:

- *Media narratives*: Coordinated press releases and social media smear campaigns aimed at framing Samuel as an unrepentant dissident who does not "understand how things are done."

- *Gatekeeping*: Blocking access to party structures, transactional politics, and funding lines that traditionally flow through jobber networks.

- *Delegitimization*: Questioning his loyalty, legality,  pedigree, and motives within party caucuses and stakeholder meetings.

The goal, according to sources close to the situation, is not outright removal but political containment. Make him a second class Chairman in order to silence him perpetually while he is being understudy by their men.

*2. The Intricacies: Why This Fight Is Not Straightforward*

This is not just Apagun vs. "the system." The intricacies make it messy:

- *Factions within factions*: Not all jobbers are aligned. Some see Samuel as a threat. Others see him as a potential new patron that is trying to cut a nitch for himself. That split creates double games and leaks.

- *Grassroots vs. Establishment*: Samuel appears to draw support from a base that is tired of recycled names. The jobbers rely on power brokers watching and walking the corridors of power in Abuja while Apagun rely solely on the structures and legitimate Congress as witness by INEC and security agencies. That clash of legitimacy vs. machinery is where most of the tension lives.

- *Timing*: In Nigerian politics, these battles intensify ahead of appointments, primaries, or Congress cycles. The timing of the pushback suggests someone feels their access is about to shrink.

- *Narrative warfare*: Both sides are fighting for the story. One side sells "reform and discipline." The other sells "experience and stability." Voters and party elders are the real audience.

*3. The Diplomacy: How It Is Being Managed*

Open war is bad for business. So the response has been diplomatic, even while the knives are out.

- *Elders and Intermediaries*: Senior party leaders are reportedly stepping in to broker truces. The language is always "unity" and "party supremacy," but the subtext is power sharing.

- *Backchannel talks*: Meetings in Abuja, Abeokuta, and Ijebu-ode are being used to test offers while financial influence are the usual bargaining chips.

- *Public restraint*: Despite the heat online, official statements from Samuel's camp have stayed measured. That is strategic. It keeps him looking like the calm one, while forcing the jobbers to overreach.

- *Coalition building*: Diplomacy here also means finding new allies.  Youth groups, professional bodies, and even rival jobbers are being courted to widen Samuel's base beyond the current fight.

*4. What This Means Going Forward*

Three scenarios are likely:

1. *Accommodation*: The jobbers without negotiation placed Samuel in their official list for acceptability, but with limits on his influence. This is the most common Nigerian political ending.

2. *Escalation*: If no deal is reached, expect more leaks, petitions, and primary challenges designed to exhaust him. But his consistency and resilience will see him through as the legitimate Chairman of the Labour Party Ogun State or otherwise another round of legal battles will rock the boat of the party which is not in the best interest of anyone.

3. *Breakthrough*: If Samuel sustains grassroots support and attracts independent funding, he could bypass the jobber structure entirely.

The real test will be endurance. Conspiracies burn out. Intricacies get exposed. Diplomacy only works if both sides see more to gain from peace than from war.

*Bottom line*: This is not just about one man. It is about how power is distributed when an outsider refuses to play by old rules. The enraged jobbers are defending a system. Apagun Olaolu Samuel is testing whether that system can still say no.

© Apagun Olaolu Samuel 

Chairman,

Labour Party, Ogun State

Kidnapped School Children and their Teachers in Oyo State Rescued by Security Agencies

The kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers by bandits and terrorists in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been rescued after about 56 days in captivity.

A statement by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga confirmed that the victims were freed through the efforts of combined security agencies.

HIS FULL STATEMENT:

STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT 

PRESIDENT TINUBU EXPRESSES JOY OVER THE RESCUE OF ORIIRE ABDUCTED CHILDREN AND TEACHERS, COMMENDS SECURITY AGENCIES

President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound joy at the successful rescue of the children and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, by the security forces. 

President Tinubu praised the heroic efforts of the security agencies, especially the military, the DSS and the police, for working round the clock in the last 56 days to secure the release of the abducted children and their teachers without any collateral damage and for arresting eight of the abductors and neutralising others.

President Tinubu regretted the anguish that the children and their teachers, as well as members of their families and the entire nation, have experienced since the sad occurrence.

For cooperating with the Federal Government in all rescue efforts, President Tinubu commended the Oyo State Government and charged it to ensure adequate security around schools across the state. 

"I am profoundly happy that our security forces successfully rescued the abducted pupils and teachers from Orire, Ogbomoso in Oyo State today after a military, police and intelligence-driven operation that neutralised some of the terrorists that perpetrated the evil act and the arrest of eight of them. 

"This successful military operation has ended the siege and standoff of over 50 days and has brought relief to the entire nation and the affected families in particular. On behalf of the country, I express my gratitude to the officers and men of our armed forces, the intelligence agencies and the police for the safe rescue of the children and their teachers. 

"My government will get justice for these children and their teachers and for the family of Mr Oyedokun, who the terrorists gruesomely murdered. 

"I must commend the government of Oyo State for working cooperatively with us in bringing this unfortunate incident to a successful end," the President said. 

President Tinubu has also directed that the emergency agencies work with the Oyo State Government to provide all necessary medical and relief support to the children and the teachers. 

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President 

(Information and Strategy)

July 10, 2026